Erola Pons

These states showed up across all meditation types. During practice, after... or as a lasting shift. → Any form of meditation can profoundly reshape the sense of self—sometimes in unexpected or enduring ways. 5/5

Over a third of meditators had their first DPDR-like episode within 100 hours of practice—often with no retreat experience. → Even short-term programs like #MBSR or #Mindfulness apps need good prep & safeguards. 4/5

Our preprint is out! 🧠✨ We surveyed 121 people on depersonalization/derealization (#DPDR)-like states from #meditation vs. other triggers (trauma, stress, cannabis…). TL;DR: similar phenomenology, different appraisal. osf.io/preprints/psya… #MeditationResearch 1/5

Have you experienced changes in the sense of self due to meditation? We'd love to hear from you!

The Rational Altruism Lab is looking for 1-2 PhD students. We strive for fundamental insights into rationality, altruism, and morality that altruists can use to improve society and the future of humanity. Apply by 12/1 to UCLA's psychology program! shorturl.at/irsGJ

I'll be at the Conference on Well-Being, Public Policies and Sustainable Human Development in Paris presenting our results :)

Honored to be part of this great team!👩‍🔬

@BuddhistSanta @the_emergent erola.pons-wendenburg@student.uni-tuebingen.de

@ErolaPons @the_emergent I'm interested in participating as well, but would greatly appreciate a copy-pastable version of the e-mail address, please.

Have you experienced changes in the sense of self due to meditation? We'd love to interview you for a study!

@the_emergent Good point. erola.pons-wendenburg@student.uni-tuebingen.de

I just wrote a piece arguing for Green Growth skepticism (no decoupling) and GDP agnosticism → rather focus on social needs and the environment. #degrowth forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/hptEKkvt…

@MariusHobbhahn living in Europe, iodine supplements are also often needed (the crops here have less iodine than in the US, for instance) - but to really see one should get tested for iodine levels

Hivemind: I'm looking for supplement suggestions. Speculative is fine as long as expected upside > downside. Supplements for veganism, mood/happiness, energy, intelligence, longevity. I don't expect them to be revolutionary. I'm just curious!

Alright, here's one for the #mindfulness researchers. Types of Mindfulness Papers. Thanks to @xkcd & @calyxlaw for the inspo and @AnnaLutkajtis & @ntvandam for their contributions! Please share and tag fellow #mindfulness friends🤓

'Predictive processing theory' is the most promising theory according to consciousness scientists + Network analysis shows which theories are supported by the same respondents @PsyArXiv doi.org/10.31234/osf.i… @theASSC @24Assc #ASSC24 @lolabeerendonk @jjfahrenfort @anilkseth

We have a broken system in science. Currently, the main bulwark still protecting science from total collapse in the US is the NIH scientific review system. I know this may sound extreme. But hear me out. 1/N

What LSD, magic mushrooms are telling us about the brain's predictive prowess. My story about #psychedelics, predictive processing, #perception and #hallucination for @KnowableMag. Featuring research by @anilkseth @RCarhartHarris @Artipago @KatrinPreller knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2…

Do you want to do Open Science? Do you also wonder how to actually do it? @salonikrishnan @Scott_Glover_RH and I did, so we organized a workshop that teaches useful skills from power analyses to git. Registration and info: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Thanks @SeNSSDTP for funding!

Lying in a 3T MRI Scanner Induces Neglect-Like Spatial Attention Bias biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci